Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another wedding card today, this time using Claritystamp’s ‘the happy couple’ die. I’ve stepped it up a bit, thanks to the inspiration list from Festive Friday – I’ve picked up birds, trees, green and blue on the card. I started with a couple of pieces of Clarity’s designer paper… Read More the happy couple
Hello crafty friends. It’s time for another letter over at the Alphabet Challenge and we’re now up to V. I’m excited to be hosting the challenge this time and I’ve chosen ‘vehicle’ – I thought it gave lots of options for everyone I love the little car in Stampin’ Up!’s ‘coming home’ set – it… Read More V for vehicle
Hello crafty friends. Bit of a change today – I need to make some more wedding cards, so thought it best to make a start. I’ve used this ‘dove heart’ stencil from Claritystamp quite a few times – it’s a perfect image for wedding, anniversary or engagement cards. I’ve taken the colours from the photo… Read More wedding day blessings
Hello crafty friends. I had a great tie on Monday at an online class with Joanne James using the new ‘daffodil daydream’ set from Stampin’ Up!, and decided to have another play with it today. I’ve used the sketch from CAS Colours and Sketches (well, Joanne is hosting it, so it would be rude not… Read More daffodil daydream
Hello crafty friends. Here’s another Valentine’s card, this time using the word stamp from Clarity’s ‘love heart doodle’ set and some less than traditional colours again. It’s a one layer card, thanks to the theme over at AAA Cards which I’ve teamed up with the current TGIF challenge I started by stamping the ‘love’ outline… Read More love hearts
Hello crafty friends. I’ve been making a few more Valentine’s cards and decided to go for a bit of a different look with this one. Black & white isn’t the usual colour scheme for a Valentine’s card, but I was inspired by the chalkboard photo over at Fusion, which I’ve teamed with the layout from… Read More love you more than…
Hello crafty friends and welcome to another dip back into the Claritystamp craft club. These cheeky chimps are from April 2018 and, I have to confess, aren’t just one that I hadn’t used – I’d actively avoided them! They are so far out of my usual comfort zone and style and I did debate just… Read More Claritystamp craft club lookback – chimps #138
Hello crafty friends – today I’m sharing a birthday card using Julie Hickey’s ‘weathered wood’ designer paper and one of her sentiment circle stamps. I took the layout from the sketch over at As You See It, together with a couple of elements from Just Add Ink‘s ‘choose two’ theme (circle and twine) I started… Read More dandy diagonals
Hello crafty friends. I’m back with another ‘two-for-one’ post today, thanks to the ‘artistic’ dies from Stampin’ Up! and the colour palette from Color Throwdown. I sat for a while trying to decided which way round to use the colours for the floral die cut and in the end went for both! I started by… Read More artistically die cut!
Hello crafty friends. After the cool winter colours of yesterday’s post, I’ve taken a jump forward today to spring with one of the new ‘seasonal wreath’ stamp sets from Claritystamp. I’ve used the colours from the new challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches, together with the new layout from Freshly Made Sketches. I started with… Read More first bloom of spring
